Good morning....this morning we have Dr. Linda Cho, a GYN physician from Bergen County New Jersey visiting with us with her staff and they will be implementing the Serotonin-Plus Weight Loss Program at their offices in Bergen County. They will be seeing some patients with me and learning more about how our weekly patient encounters are used to help people achieve their maximal weight loss.
It makes me very, very happy to see other physicians starting to get more proactive in helping their patients lose weight. EVERY physician has overweight patients in their practices, and those patients have health issues BECAUSE of the weight problem. Most physicians (not all) will advise their patients to lose weight, but very very few get more aggressive than just simply telling their patients to "eat less and exercise more". Overweight people know this already...this is not some type of earth-shattering revelation. Enacting a strategy as to how to navigate the stressful obligations of life..family, business , etc and focus on behavioral changes is very difficult, if not impossible for many. This is where the physician needs to come in and offer a comprehensive solution for their patients. Not just handing them a 1200 calorie dietary sheet.
Personally, I feel a great sense of pride that the SP Program, which I started out of my Burke office in October, 2001, is now appearing in different parts of the country...Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Southern Maryland, and now New Jersey. Helping people lose weight changes their lives, and as physicians, there is no better feeling than helping someone be healthier and happier. I want to thank all of you for allowing me to help you.
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Have you implemented this program in any other type of facility then a doctors office? Would it work in a fitness facility with doctors oversite?
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